Watering-trough.



A. G. SIMMONS WATERING TROUGH. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5, 190e.

Patented May 4k, 1909.

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ARTHUR (i. SIMMONS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

No. 920,78 l.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Getoncr 5, 1908,

Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. 456,351.

The trough is rnfovided with a passage ('3 which extends downward into.n

a citizen ol' the lniled Stairs, residingl at iussarliusetts, have invented certain new and uselul linprovenwnts in ","n tering i 'Troughs ol4 which ll@ l'ollo\.\injis n spel. liiretion. reference bring had therein to the nrconipnnyine' drmixhngs.

invention relutes to certain improvements in watering troughs whereby the ltrough is continually treed l'roin scum and other l'oreign substances; whereby the sediment in. the bottom ol' the trough is lorced into the out-let pipe and the. water kopt clean and pure lor horses and cattle, and to means l'or controlling the run-oll` oi' the scum, sediment, and other impure or loi-eign substances.

'lhe'invcntion consists in the combination ol' elements and in certain parts olh novel construction entailed in the combination oll .said elements to obtain. the desired result.

:lr lull understanding olmy invention can bestbc given by a detailed description ol a preferred construction embodying' the various lea tures oll my invention, and such a dcscription n ill n ow be given in conjunction with thc accompanying drawing, and l obtain my object by the mechanism there illustrated, showing such preferred construction, and the tentures l'orming the invention will thi-n be sperilically pointed out in the claims.

ln the :wconn'mnying drawing, l11 igure l is n plnn View oi' my apparatus. tig'. is a ccntral vertical section ol the same.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, as they may be changed or varied at will without departing l'roni the spirit ol inyfinve'n.- tion and the saine yet romain'nitactand ,be protected. l

Corresponding and like parts are rel'errd to in the `following description and indicated Vin all the views 0ll the drawings by the same relerence characters.

4 which extends vertically upward to the height desired Al'or the level of the water and lrorn which the overflow of water passes into recept-:wle or chamber o within the passage ir; this chamber being provided with :in upward extending piping;l trl within the (entrai piping el through which the water llows from thc chamber into the rr" tral piping. 'lhe passage o is prol'crably o' a size large enough to admit all grain or other seeds and sediment settling,` ir thc bottoni ol' the trough and passing it downward into the chamber 5, -bui the piping' S is preferably ol less dizuncter to liinit the [low ol' water thnt passes through the passage 6. 'l`he chamber is provided with the lid or bottoni plut-c 7 adailited to be pulled out when it is desired to lree the charnbcr ol' the seeds of grain or other sediment that has passed into the rhnniber through the passage o.

The water is supplied to the trough from the surface pipe through a piping 9 which extends into the side ofthe trough preteraliily on an incline and connects with the piping 10, which extends around the inner top side ol the trough to a'point about opposite the entrnnce ol' the piping. 9. The trough is divided into a series ol' drinking' spaces by arms 13 that are adjustably mounted in ways 14 on the inner side ol' the trough and these arms extend inward on an incline to a point one side of' the center', and their upper portion 6 'is preferably conca-ved. On the conveXed side or rear olI cach of these ari'ns a nozzle 11 extends lroni the piping l() and throws a plurality ol" streams ol- Water toward the concaved surface of the opposite yarm to lorce the scum and other oily subylstances on the surface ol the water in that section of the trough to this roncavcd surlacecol the arm so that it will bc passed alone' bytlie arm and llow'ovcr and into the top of the central piping; 4. 1t) one or more pipings l2 extend downward into the lower portion of the trough and throw streams oll water below the arms 13 and around thc bottom ol the trough to l'orcc the sediment, grains and other substances through the passage (5 into the chamber 5,

It is understood that my invention is not limited to the specific details ol" construe tion shown in the accoinpanyinp,l drawings, but that said details may be varied in the practical carrying" out ol" my invention. lt is also to be understood that the combinations speciically set lorth in the several From the piping' lll() claims are intended to be separately claimed without limitation to the use 1n connection therewith of other features and details of construction illustrated.

- Havingthus described my invention, I

. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters l sies of inwardlyT extending arms having their upper surface 'conoaved 4. In a watering trough, a series ol ways mounted on the inner side of the trough, and

an arm adjustably mounted in each way and extending inwardly. s

5l. Ina watering trough a series of arms dividing the trough int drinking spaces, and a pipiing adapted'to throw Water into each drin ng space.

6. In a watering trough, means for throwving a plurality of streams of water into the trough above. the water level and means for simultaneously throwing streams of wa ter into the trough below the water level, substantially fdr the purposes shown and described.

7 In a watering trough', a central piping, a passage leadingfrom .th piping@ chamber within the passage and below the central piping having an inlet from the trou h outside ofthe piping'and'an outlet wit iin the central piping of smallerfiameter than the iinl'et, and .a bottoni plate," substantially as 8. In a watering trough, a 'central overflow piping, u-ohambei having an inlet from the abottom ol' theb trough and an outlet into the piping, a series of ways, inclined arms adjustibly mounted inthe ways provided with concaved surfaces and a piplng pro ided 'with a series ofnozzles above the water legel, andgwith a nozzle-considerably below the water level, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence oltwo witnesses. ARTHUR G. SIMMONS.A Witnesses:

CHARLES F. A. SMITH, ERANKLIN S.F R1SBI.E. 

